Hat and coat rack



(No Model.) 4 v G. T. GARDNER.

HAT AND GOAT RACK.

\ No. 432,484. Patent-ed July-'15, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES T. GARDNER, OF OSWEGO, NEXV YORK.

HAT AND COAT RACK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 432,484, dated July 15, 1890. Application filed December 14, 1889- Serial No. 333,770. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. GARDNER, of Oswego, in the county of Oswego, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat and Coat Racks, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to hat and coat racks designed to support garments, hats, the, and especially to the construction and mounting of the hooks and supports themselves.

My object is to improve the construction of the racks and supports and to produce a rack which will bear with a spring-tension against the wall and have a peculiar elasticity of support, and will not scratch the wall or paper, and will occupy a minimum of space.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described, and which are set forth specifically in the claims hereto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the rack complete. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the hat and coat hook combined, detached and showing its wall bearing by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a like view of the coat-hook detached.

A is the rod supported by brackets 1, secured to the wall in any ordinary manner.

B is the coat and hat hook combined, consisting of single pieces of wire, having one end bent to form a ring 2, lying horizontally, thence extending downward vertically, as at 3, thence curving backward, as at 4, to substantially a horizontal, thence bent helically, forming an eye 5, thence extending downward and backward, as at 6, thence curving outward and upward, forming the hook 7, (or

,one-half of it,) thence bent back upon itself,

duplicating the body of the hook, and all parts, up to and including a duplicate helical eye, coinciding with the other, and thence the free end extends upward and backward, as at 8, and the end itself is rounded off, as at 9.

The coat-hook C is a duplication of the combined hook B, except that the hat-holder is cut off at the helical eye.

The combined and single hooks are arranged alternately upon the rod A, and are held in place thereon either by being soldered to the rod or by the spring-tension of the upwardly-extending arm 8 and at the back of the hook-body against the wall, the tension being produced when the rod is pressed back toward the wall to be secured in place, and the rounded head 9 and the round of hook-bend rest against the wall, presenting smooth surfaces thereto and reducing the frictional contact to the minimum, and thus avoiding tearing of the paper.

that Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described hat and garment hook, formed from a contin uous piece of wire and having one end bent to form a ring, thence extending downward and curving backward and coiled to form an eye, thence extending downward and backward, thence curved outward and upward to form a hook, thence doubled back upon itself and coiled to form a duplicate eye coinciding with the aforesaid eye, and having its free end extending upward and backward, as set forth.

2. The combination, with a hat-standard and garment-hook, each coiled centrally to form an eye about the supporting-rod and bent backward above and below the rod and bearing with its spring-tension against the wall, of a supporting-rod fitting through the eye, and means for securing the rod in the position herein described, for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of November, 1889.

CHAS. T. GARDNER.

\Vitnesses:

HOWARD P. DENISON, O. W. SMITH. 

